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National Read a Book Day 2022

September 6th marks National Read a Book Day in the United States. To celebrate, we want to share what the Berghahn staff is currently reading and a scholarly reading from Berghahn Books we recommend for you.

¶ Posted 06 September 2022 † Berghahn Journals § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, archaeology, Berghahn Open Anthro, books, currently reading, fiction, film, heritage studies, history, live arts, museum studies, national read a book day, non-fiction, Open Access, Shakespeare, sociology, women's history, women's studies

Celebrating Pride

Pride Month celebrates the LGBTQ community internationally in June, in honor of the Stonewall Riots in 1969.

¶ Posted 01 June 2022 † Berghahn Journals § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, binary, film & media, gender identity, gender studies, history, lgbtq, Pride, Pride Month, queer, queer studies, transgender

Clothes, Men, Instagram – suits you sir

by Joshua M. Bluteau, author of Dressing Up: Menswear in the Age of Social Media

¶ Posted 07 December 2021 † Berghahn Journals § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Of Soldiers and Dreamers: Peter Lilienthal in Latin America

by Claudia Sandberg Claudia Sandberg is the author of Peter Lilienthal : A Cinema of Exile and Resistance. Sitting at a wooden bench, the young woman Marcela follows the teacher attentively. She has decided to take part in the literacy campaign that was launched by the Unidad Popular government. In a group with other woman, they have gathered in the meeting place and school of the shanty town community La Victoria, situated at the fringes of the Chilean capital, to get […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2021 † Berghahn Journals § Blog § From Idea to Book § In Their Own Words ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: cultural history, film, film history, Germany, history, Latin America

Most Popular Film Articles

We are excited to have virtual presence at the International Screen Studies Conference 2021 June 25-27. Please stop by our virtual booth and explore our offerings.

¶ Posted 25 June 2021 † Berghahn Journals § Blog § Journals ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: cinema, cinema studies, film, projections, screen bodies, screen studies

Celebrate Pride Month with free access to LGBTQ articles and chapters

In celebration of Pride Month in June, enjoy free access to the following articles and chapters from Berghahn.

¶ Posted 21 June 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt § Journal Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, archaeology, child and youth studies, history, lgbtq, Pride Month, queer, queer preservation, youth studies

The 75th anniversary of the founding of the East German film studio DEFA

Elizabeth Ward On 17 May 1946, the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) was officially founded. Over the course of the following four decades, the studio produced nearly 700 feature films, as well as hundred of animation and documentary films. By the time it was finally privatised and sold following German reunification, DEFA was one of Europe’s largest […]

¶ Posted 17 May 2021 † Berghahn Author § Blog § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: cinema, DEFA, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, East German Film, east germany, film, film and television studies, GDR, german film, holocaust film, holocaust studies

Sofia Coppola: The Surface of The Image is Political

In the spirit of esteemed director Sofia Coppola’s fiftieth birthday on 14 May, 2021, we are delighted to share an excerpt of the introduction to Anna Backman Rogers’ award-winning title Sofia Coppola: The Politics of Visual Pleasure.

¶ Posted 14 May 2021 † Berghahn Books § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: film, film and media, film and television studies, film history, Film Philosophy, Sofia Coppola

Commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Read an excerpt from Marek Haltof’s POLISH FILM AND THE HOLOCAUST: Politics and Memory.

¶ Posted 19 April 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anti-fascism, commemoration, film, genocide studies, history, holocaust, holocaust memory, holocaust resistance, Jewish heritage, Jewish history, Jewish studies, Memory studies, poland, polish cinema, polish film, politics, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

International Translation Day

According to the United Nations, International Translation Day is “an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation.”

¶ Posted 30 September 2020 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, film, German translation, history, sociology, translation

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